Mr. John Spink:

The Department has just funded a new research project with one of my colleagues in Teagasc. It is focused on reducing methane production from ruminants and looking at various elements to include in the diet. That would drive down the total volume of methane produced in the first place. A decision was taken that, rather than being a CHP plant, the anaerobic digestion plant being established in Grange would be targeted towards biomethane production.